Does an advanced degree reduce the gender wage gap? Evidence from MBAs

Industrial Relations

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 396-418

  Montgomery, Mark ^a   Powell, Irene ^a  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET; WAGE GAP;

EID: 0043269707     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-232X.00297     Document Type: Article

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